# Is it good to Load test with 3 node cluster at localhost?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-good-to-load-test-with-3-node-cluster-at-localhost/27247>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 12, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-good-to-load-test-with-3-node-cluster-at-localhost/27247 "2015-08-12T11:27:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![N\_M\_10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N\_M\_10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/N_M_10)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-good-to-load-test-with-3-node-cluster-at-localhost/27247/1 "2015-08-12T11:27:12Z")

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If I create 3 nodes/instances of elastic search at localhost to create one cluster and perform load testing, will this give a idea that how many request my current topology will serve in the live environment where 3 nodes will be 3 different machines?

If yes then, how to create 3 instances of ES at localhost in ubuntu 14.04.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-good-to-load-test-with-3-node-cluster-at-localhost/27247/2 "2015-08-12T11:31:44Z")

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No because you have to deal with resource contention.

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**Author:** ![N\_M\_10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N\_M\_10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/N_M_10)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-good-to-load-test-with-3-node-cluster-at-localhost/27247/3 "2015-08-12T11:53:22Z")

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thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-good-to-load-test-with-3-node-cluster-at-localhost/27247/4 "2017-07-05T23:56:13Z")

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